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Professional development programme

Best practice education - webinars, workshops

For members to attend conferences, workshops and webinar it will generally require payment of a discounted fee. Non-members are welcome to register and attend all events on payment of a full fee to cover set up and admin costs. Events are usually promoted to members through the BioFlash newsletter and by e-mail flyer to those practitioners listed on the Bioenergy Association Database.

Webinar details including a profile of the guest presenter and the session topic will be available in the BioFlash and by email flyers 3 weeks prior to the session (including all details on how to make a booking and participate in the event).

Training - short courses

Bioenergy Association runs a suite of wood energy short courses. These are for wood fuel suppliers, wood energy advisers and wood fuelled heat plant facility owners. The courses are suitable for harvest crew through to facility managers.

The current suite of wood energy courses are:

WE1 Wood fuel supply

WE2 Contracting for the sale and purchase of wood fuel

WE3 Specification of wood fuelled heat plant

WE4 Evaluating biomass energy systems

WE6 Safe operation of small scale heat plant

WE7 Writing a business case for wood fuelled heat plant

Courses not developed but in the original training framework or more recently suggested are:

WE4 Optimisation of the use of wood fuel in existing coal fired heating plant

Professional development

Events are activities to assist members keep up-to-date with technology, markets and other participants in the sector. They are also to assist members identify and deliver best practice. Events also qualify for Continuing Professional Development hours required for recognition as a Registered Wood Energy or Waste-to-energy Adviser.

Attending the events demonstrates a commitment by Members. It says that they are taking time to ensure their technical knowledge is up-to-speed and that they are taking an opportunity to learn from the experiences from their peers.

Recognition as a Registered Wood Energy or Waste-to-energy Advisor can be used in marketing to demonstrate competence and experience.